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Pacific hotspots reveal a Louisville–Ontong Java Nui tectonic link

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Geochemistry and geochronology show that Samoa and Rurutu–Arago are the longest-lived Pacific hotspots, providing better constraints on plate rotation and support for a link between the Louisville volcanic track and the Ontong Java Nui Plateau.

Source: Nature

DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-08889-0

Authors: J. G. Konter, V. A. Finlayson, K. Konrad, M. G. Jackson, A. A. P. Koppers, P. Wessel, S. Beethe, M. Bizimis, A. Alverson, C. Kelley

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Maryland, College Park, Oregon State University, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of South Carolina, Brown University

Language: English

Topic: Geological and Geophysical Studies

Subfield: Geology

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Awards: Collaborative Research: Do improved absolute plate motion models based on Cretaceous Western Pacific seamounts relate Louisville to Ontong-Java?, Collaborative Research: Do improved absolute plate motion models based on Cretaceous Western Pacific seamounts relate Louisville to Ontong-Java?, REU Site: Earth Science on Volcanic Islands, Collaborative Research: Do improved absolute plate motion models based on Cretaceous Western Pacific seamounts relate Louisville to Ontong-Java?

OpenAlex ID: W4410019085

FWCI: 3.579

Cites: 117

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10